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What would Kenny G do?
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https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-elections-could-the-far-right-fpö-win/a-70350413Austria's general election this Sunday will likely reshape the country's political landscape for the next five years, as that's the length of a legislative period. Austria's 6.3 million eligible voters will get to choose between very different parties across the political spectrum. Above all, however, the election will determine whether the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) will once again secure the most votes and become the strongest political force in Austria. After all, in Austria, the FPÖ already came first in the European parliamentary elections this June.
Breton resigns. He was the guy acting tough against Musk on Twitter, no?
Considering that it came immediately after Draghi’s report, he was likely forced to resign.
EU competitiveness.What's Draghi's report about?
Basically that EU is rapidly falling behind and it is not being competitive compared to the US and China. He is urging a massive increase in R&D.What's Draghi's report about?
Is this what happened? I thought Breton resigned because he wasn't given some portfolio by Von der Leyen.Basically that EU is rapidly falling behind and it is not being competitive compared to the US and China. He is urging a massive increase in R&D.
Obviously innovation and regulation aren’t best friends, so not surprised that the EU regulation guy was fired/quit immediately after that.
I don't know that.How would this tie in with ambitions for Net zero by 2050?
Which would be a massive mistake.It looks more and more likely that we will see an attempt to prohibit the AfD in Germany.
Couldn’t find an English link, however.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/afd-verbotsverfahren-102.html
I completely disagree. The danger lies within a failed attempt. That would be disastrous. But successfully prohibiting them would destroy their whole network and cause them to need to reorganise within a new party. Which is difficult, especially if interior intelligence monitors everything they do.Which would be a massive mistake.
Their supporters would be scream "Witch Hunt and Deep State!" and that would only reinforce their ranks.
We need also to see how much of the population they represent. Sending them underground is the best way to lose track of their growth and representativity.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2...ruggles-deepen-a-back-to-back-recession-loomsGermany's economic downturn deepens with a projected contraction in 2024, marking its second consecutive year of decline. Manufacturing struggles and global competition, especially from China, highlight structural issues. Growth is expected to return in 2025.
I'd rather the 2nd personally.
And you probably won't get shot in Europe. Probably.I'd rather the 2nd personally.
I dont need or want innovations in rockets. Boring sustainability and responsibility is far, far more valuable to me.
I dont particularly care how big of an influence we have on middle eastern politics. America will veto any workable idea or plan so its meaningless.
The last thing this world needs is more deregulation. feck your profits, feck your international influence (double feck it where Macron is concerned).
Yeah, poor us with basic living standards and healthcare and shit. Give me a chinese tyrant any dayAnd you probably won't get shot in Europe. Probably.
A cursory glance at it seems like this is just the reverse of what happened with Brexit. Obvious meddling and one side narrowly wins.
It sounds like the meddling in this instance went significantly beyond our Brexit experience of planting fake news and funding politicians, with some of the “no” vote attributable to outright buying of votes for cash (this is Europe’s poorest country for context). If the EU makes some promises of investing in the country, then I imagine at least some of those venal voters can be brought on board. I would also hazard a guess that demographic trends would favour an increasing pro-EU majority as those with memories of the Soviet days die off.A cursory glance at it seems like this is just the reverse of what happened with Brexit. Obvious meddling and one side narrowly wins.
With nearly 50 per cent of the country against joining, how does the country go about doing so in a way that won't be very unpopular?
The demographic trend is that those who want to be part of the EU have already made sure to get a Romanian passport and are in the EU.It sounds like the meddling in this instance went significantly beyond our Brexit experience of planting fake news and funding politicians, with some of the “no” vote attributable to outright buying of votes for cash (this is Europe’s poorest country for context). If the EU makes some promises of investing in the country, then I imagine at least some of those venal voters can be brought on board. I would also hazard a guess that demographic trends would favour an increasing pro-EU majority as those with memories of the Soviet days die off.
https://www.dw.com/en/volkswagen-intends-to-shut-german-3-factories-labor-says/a-70618400German automotive giant Volkswagen plans on shutting at least three plants in Germany, the company's works council said on Monday.
"Management is absolutely serious about all this. This is not sabre-rattling in the collective bargaining round," the Reuters news agency cited Daniela Cavallo, Volkswagen's works council head, as telling several hundred employees in Wolfsburg.
The ailing news channel was bought out in 2022 with funds from close associates of Hungary's nationalist prime minister, according to confidential documents.
- Car sector, chemical industry and engineering sector all having problems at the same time.
- Dire infrastructure.
- Excessive bureaucracy.
- High energy & labour costs.
I think with Trump‘s victory and the UK already being quite destabilized and thrown out of the international concert, foreign interference efforts will now focus more and more on the EU. I expect Russia and their allies to target the EU even more now. What has already started with Hungary and Poland, will now become more extreme.
The EU is not at all equipped to handle this and I wouldn’t be shocked to see it dissolve or rendered meaningless in the next two decades.